Improvement in milk-tempering and cooling apparatus



l'tird gatita Vrc1-nmol) B. 'rUrTLEfor EAST RANDOLPH, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 99,502, dated Februnry, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-TEMPERING- AND COOLING APPARATUS.

A The Schedule referred to inthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tit mag/concern Be it known that I, ICHABOD B. TUTTLE, of East Randolph, in the county ofCattarangus, and Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Milk-Coolers; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in wliich- Figure 1 represents an endvelevation of the frame or rack for holding a series of pans or coolers, showing the arrangement of the pipes and `stop-cocks for dise tributing cold or warm water to the various sections, with the heater in the rear, for tempering the flow, as may be desired.

Figure 2\shows a front elevation of the same, withv a more distinct view of the outlets, dripping-pipes,

for the purpose of skimming, and drawing olf the g skimmed milk; and

-My invention or improvement consists in making elongated openings at one end of the pans or coolers, connecting with the space between the double bottom and troughs or sponts attached to the frame or rack, so that the dripping-.pipe from each pau will be always over the spout, or the elongated opening in the end of the pan.

To enable others to make and use my improved milk-cooler, I'will describe it, referring to the drawings, and the letters marked thereon.

` lhe frame'or rack A A may be made of wood, of any required size or'dimensions, to accommodate the dairy, or quantity of milk to be set for taking off' the cream, the end rails B B supporting the truck-frames .O (l, into which the coolers or tempering-pans D D are n'tted, so that each one can be moved forward on, the rails to receive the milk; also, for the' convenience of skimming off the-cream, and for drawing on the' milk through the short pipe d in the bottom.

The pans D are made with a. double bottom, leaving a space, b b, between them, to admit of a ow of cold or tepid water from thepipe E, or the pipes F, which are coiled around the inside ot' the 4boiler G. Each pipe is provided with stop-cocks e, so as to shut off or supply each'pau with either cold or warm water, as may be required.

In one end of each of the pans 1) is a long opening or funnel, a, to receive the water into the space b, in the `bottom of the pan. Over each funnel a is a conduit, f f f j, which receives the water from the spigotsli h It, and conducts it separately to dow through in a greater or lesser quantity, as may be desired.

'Each pan is also provided with a discharge-pipe, t'

.t i t, whose outlet is over the long opening or funnel a in the pan beneath, so that the `'water discharged from the upper pan is conducted into the space b of the second pan, and so on through the whole series of v pans.

sponts I I, to convey the-dripping's from the pipes t i into the tunnels a a, when the pans D, or either one of them, are moved to the front of the frame A, so that in whatever position on the rack the pans may be placed or left, with the water running or flowing through under the milk, it will all be discharged at the lower pipe andspout, so that there will be no dripping or wet in other places. t y

I do not claim, as my invention, the double-bottom pansand cars as arranged, one above 'the other; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The. troughs I -I, connected with the rails B B, in combination with the discharge-pipes 'L t', and elongated funnels a a, in one end of each pan D, operating for the purposes described. y

2. -The arrangement ot' the water-heating apparatus G, the water-cocks h h It, and the conduits f f f, for the purposes herein specified, in combination with the above-described milk1cooling and tempering apparatus.

IOHABOD B. TUTTLE. Vitnesses: FRANK W. STEVENS,

Jonsson Sr GooDWrLL.

To the rails B B are alternately attached tronghsor 

